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-|width="15%"|[[File:United Kingdom.jpg|50 px|left]]
-|width="70%" align="center" |'''Heraldry of the World<br>Civic heraldry of the [[United Kingdom]]'''
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 Country: [[United Kingdom]]<br>
-Campus/location : [[Birmingam]]
+Campus/location : [[Birmingham]]
-[[File:uni-birmingham.jpg|center]]
+[[File:uni-birmingham.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]
-====Origin/meaning====
+===Official blazon===
-I have no information on the origin or meaning of these arms. Any information is welcome !
+Per chevron, the chief per pale gules and azure, in dexter a lion rampant with two heads, in sinister a mermaid holding in the dexter hand a mirror and in the sinister a comb Or, the base sable charged with an open book proper, with two buckles and straps and edges of the third, inscribed "Per ardua ad alta".
+===Origin/meaning===
+The arms were officially granted on August 27, 1900.
+The double-headed lion and mermaid are taken from the device used by Mason’s Science College, the lion originally being the arms of the Founder Sir Josiah Mason, with the mermaid taken from his crest, see image below.
+[[File:masonsciencecollge.jpg|center|Seal of the Mason’s Science College]]
+The open book is a common symbol for universities and schools. The motto "Per ardua ad alta" means "Through hardship, great heights are reached".
+The arms can be seen on the campus, with the arms of Sir Josiah Mason, who in 1875 founded Mason Science College, the university's predecessor; and the arms of Lord Calthorpe, who gifted the land which now forms the campus:
+[[File:{{PAGENAME}}3.jpg|center|450 px|Arms of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
+{{media}}
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+[[Category:Granted 1900]]